Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency … - George Orwell

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Nurses nurse and teachers teach and tailors mend and preachers preach and barbers trim and chauffeurs haul and parents get to do it all.

George Orwell

Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must invaria.

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